Tips and Ramblings (My Blog)
When I have free time and/or a great topic that inspires me, I share it here.
Behind the Curtain: Why Responsive Design is Necessary
Why WordPress themes need to be fluid and adjust to a wide range of screen sizes.Ready to get answers...I'd love to chat about your website goals and why you should use best practices when designing a site to be responsive.I recently had a client who was wondering why...
Behind the Curtain of Pricing a Website Project
Why pricing a website SHOULD include answering 40 questions (or more!).Ready to get answers...I'd love to chat about your website goals, marketing goals, and why you should take my 40 questions challenge.Another day, another "how much do you charge for a website?"...
Why Do Small Businesses Use WordPress for Their Websites?
You read it right, 455 Million! That's the number of websites that used WordPress globally in 2021, and that number is on the rise. This isn't a coincidence, either.You don't know what you don't know...I'd love to chat about your website goals, marketing goals, and...
Three Website Design Tips in 2022
It's a new year, and with the web industry continually changing, you need your website design to stand out in 2022. Get ahead of your competition by giving your website visitors exactly what they are looking for when they land on your website. Read on for three basic...
My Thoughts on Perceived Value, Tools and Expertise
My Thoughts on Perceived Values, Tools and ExpertisePaying for an Expert - A Recent Social Conversation I have seen a few posts lately, and over the years, talking about how expensive it is to hire an expert. Setting a value on expertise is a nebulous thing. You may...
Cloned Websites – A Great Testing Tool
Cloned Websites - A Great Testing ToolUpdate your WordPress site without breaking it by using a Cloned Website service Now is a really good time to make sure your WordPress site is using the latest version of WordPress, the latest plugins and theme, and your version...
Affiliate Partners We Support
I only include products that I am willing to personally recommend and that educate or benefit my website clients. I definitely recommend that companies promote and participate in affiliate programs with reputable products and services that they use regaularly and...
Quick Ways to Post Status Updates to a Website
Today I wanted to post a quick article and screen shots to show you a few ideas for ways you could update your website when you need to post status updates and changes that are urgent but temporary. If your header/hero section has room for updates or changes, or even...
Automated Webinar Blogging x3
Automated Webinar - Blogging x3The Blogging Triple Threat I have had many people ask me about how to blog. In my latest automated webinar I will teach you how to get the most value out of your time spent blogging for your business, or better yet just take all that...
Avoid Google’s Suspicious Email Warnings for Your Campaigns
Avoid Google's Suspicious Email Warnings for Your CampaignsEmails ending up in spam when you don't deserve it?! There are many reasons why your emails may not be making it through to their intended recipients. You can take steps to make sure emails make it past all of...
Monthly Digital Marketing Newsletter Invite
Landing Pages, Newsletters and more This is a quick post about one of my business "hats" which is email marketing training and services as a Constant Contact partner. I set a goal for this year (yeah, getting kind of late eh?!), to send out a monthly email newsletter...
Content Help I Provide My Clients
Content Help I Provide My ClientsDon't Let Uncertainty Stop Your Web Design Progress! I work with many business owners who feel stuck and confused when it comes to pulling together website content. They have no idea where to start, and so they procrastinate and avoid...
Why Divi is my Go To Theme
Now I Build WordPress Sites With Divi Back when I first started my Web Design business, I was coming from a background of some strange content management systems, the early days of businesses even having a website, and doing a lot of work by hand. At the time I first...
Get the Most out of Yoast
Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Yoast This is a quick post about the Yoast SEO plugin. I'm surprised at how few people understand how to get the most out of Yoast, since they provide so many tips and give you links with some great help articles. One of the...
Press Release – Local Expert Speakers Association
LOCAL EXPERT SPEAKERS ASSOCIATION (LESA) LAUNCHED TODAY More Than 100 Former Constant Contact Authorized Local Experts Join on First Day Sharon, MA, June 1, 2017– The Local Expert Speakers Association (LESA) launched today. The organization is a professional speaker...
How Little Mistakes Can Cause Big Problems
How Little Mistakes Can Cause Big Problems It isn't just a lack of search engine optimization that can cause problems for WordPress site owners. If the person who built your WordPress site has it hidden, your site can be completely ignored by search engines. Forget...
Pitfall Ownership and Access – Do You Have the Keys to Your Own Site?
Pitfall #2: No Access Means No Real Ownership Welcome to my new series on how to protect your business from the pits, snares and predators of the Wild World of the Web. Today's cautionary tale, the cat trap of website hostage holders. Let's face it, web designers can...
Pitfall Deceptive SEO – Make Your Website Search Friendly the Honest Way
Pitfall #1: The Snake Pit of Deceptive SEO Welcome to my new series on how to protect your business from the pits, snares and predators of the Wild World of the Web. First off, the pitfall of deceptive SEO and how to avoid Search Engine Optimization "Snakes." SEO...